chili dog
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- noun
- /ˈtʃɪli dɔɡ/
- US
:
perrito caliente con chili
- I ordered a chili dog topped with cheese and onions for lunch.
- eat chili dog
- chili dog and fries
- a couple of chili dogs
Oh man, Jumbo chili dog with everything and one regular with everything.
- Oh man, Jumbo chili dog with everything and one regular with everything.
Examples
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Nash, in the driver's seat, had a couple of chili dogs and a can of Pepsi.
Fiction book (2002) -
A chili dog and onion rings and cherry Coke.
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May I have a chili dog, please?
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Four chili dogs for table six.
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Give me four chili dogs and two plain dogs, please.
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A sailor came in and ordered a chili dog and coffee.
Fiction book (1997) -
We can go to Tony C's for a chili dog.
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I feel like a chili dog with lots of ketchup.
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Irv takes a big bite of his chili dog and pauses to regard it like a true connoisseur.
Fiction book (1994) -
The menu featured regular dogs, chili dogs, and footlongs; plus chuck wagons, fresh frozen fish fillets, famous burgers, chicken sandwiches, and soup du jour.
Fiction book (1998)
How Spicy
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'chili dog' is a (hot) dog served with chili, which a learner can infer from 'chili' (a spicy meat stew) + 'dog' (hot dog/sausage). This noun-noun food naming pattern is common in English and across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
The compound noun chili dog likely comes from American street food, where a hot dog, a sausage in a bun, is covered with spicy meat called chili. So, the name simply means 'a hot dog topped with chili'.